{"product_id":"the-deccan-sun-essays-and-stories","title":"The Deccan Sun: Essays and Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Urdu writer, Zeenath Sajida dominated the literary and intellectual circles of Hyderabad for half a century. Often compared with Ismat Chughtai for her boldness, defiance and verbal craft, Zeenath wrote a number of popular short stories. But she was best known for her humorous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ekhaake\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(pen portraits) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003einshaaiye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (light sketches). Yet, her work has rarely been curated and translated for an English reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNazia Akhtar’s nuanced translation brings Zeenath’s sparkling wit and eloquent prose to a new readership and reminds us of the neglected legacy of Hyderabadi women writers. Through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Deccan Sun\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewe celebrate Zeenath Sajida’s place in a larger tradition of Urdu writing and culture, while also specifically enriching and diversifying perspectives on women’s writing in Urdu.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42009296961602,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/files\/71C-pJcc3PL._SL1500.jpg?v=1741255631","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-deccan-sun-essays-and-stories","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}